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Hochwurzen - Rossfeld - Guschen

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Hike from the summit of Hochwurzen via the Hüttecksattel mountain saddle to Rossfeld and via Latterfußsattel mountain saddle to the Guschen. Then you hike back to Latterfußsattel and from there to the valley terminal of Hochwurzen cable-car.
Hike with medium difficulty from the summit of Hochwurzen to the summit of Guschen. Mountain pines and Swiss Stone Pines seam the trail which is a light up & down over the extensive ridge of Rossfeld. Alltogether a quite easygoing hike. From Hochwurzen (1,850 m) and Guschen (1,982 m) you have a great panoramic view to the Dachstein-Massif and the Schladminger Tauern mountain range.

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The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
9,1 km
Route
4:00 h
Time
391 hm
Uphill
1096 hm
Downhill
1982 m
Highest point
1120 m
Lowest point

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Take provincial highway L722 from Schladming to Rohrmoos until you reach the Hochwurzen cable-car.

From the mountain terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car at Hochwurzenhütte you follow trail n° 60 via "Kleine Wurzen" and through the pine forest to the mountain saddle of "Hüttecksattel" (1,744 m) from where the trail ascends easily to the ridge of Rossfeld (1,919 m). While walking over the long ridge you get an idea why it has got its name (Rossfeld translates to "horse fur"). From the Rossfeld you descend to the mountain saddle of "Latterfußsattel" (1,792 m). From here the trail ascends again to the summit of Guschen (1,982 m) - the hightest point of this tour. From the summit you have a beautiful view into the Obertal valley and to the Steirische Kalkspitze summit at the valley head of Preuneggtal valley.

For the way back there are several alternatives:

  • Take the way back to Latterfußsattel and from there take trail n° 773 to Obertal valley and to the valley terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car.
  • Take the way you came back to Hütteckattel and from there take trail n° 61 to Obertal valley and the valley terminal of Hochwurzen cable-car.
  • Take the way you came back to Hochwurznhütte and ride back down with the cable-car or take trail n° 60 back down to the valley terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car (+1.5 hours).
An alternative route for the way back is to walk back until the Hüttecksattel mountain saddle and take trail n° 61 (which is quite steep) back down to the valley terminal of the cable-car.
With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to the valley terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car - bus stop "Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen". 

From there take the Hochwurzen cable-car to Hochwurzenhütte on top of Hochwurzen.

Parking is available at the valley terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car.

Tourist information: www.schladming.com

Information about bus schedules and cable-car operating times: www.planai.at

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